14th-Century Painting to Sell at Auction Under Restitution Settlement with German-Jewish Art Historian’s Heir The work is expected to fetch between $300,000–$500,000 when it is offered later this month by Sotheby's Get Art Market Monitor
News New Report Recommends Dutch Restitutions Commission Be ‘More Empathic’ In Handling Claims The authors of the report suggest that the commission could abolish its "balance of interests" methods for restitution cases. By Claire Selvin Dec 8, 2020 2:30 pm
News Portland Museum of Art Wins Appeal in Bequest Lawsuit, Funding for Restitution Research, and More: Morning Links from May 6, 2020 Here's what we're reading this morning. By The Editors of ARTnews May 6, 2020 9:00 am
News To Avoid Lawsuit, National Gallery of Art Returns Picasso Work to Heirs of German-Jewish Banker The museum said it has owned the work since 2001. By Alex Greenberger Apr 1, 2020 12:16 pm
News Met Museum Can Keep Famed Picasso Painting ‘The Actor,’ Following Court Decision in Restitution Case A claim for return of the artwork from 1905 had been issued after too much time, the court said. By Alex Greenberger Jun 26, 2019 12:53 pm
Features Issues & Commentary: Addressing Returns There was a time when the principle of returning to African countries art and artifacts removed under colonial rule seemed on its way to becoming an international norm. By Siddhartha Mitter Mar 1, 2019 10:14 am
News Restitution Suit Pits Owner of 18th-Century Painting Against Polish Government The lawsuit claims that the case demonstrates Poland's ongoing anti-Semitism. By Alex Greenberger Jun 27, 2018 3:12 pm
News ‘I’ve Regained a Part of My Family’: Unusual Swiss Restitution Case Brings John Constable Painting Home to Heirs in France The work was won back from the Musée des Beaux-Arts in La Chaux-de-Fonds by a retired history teacher on behalf of his distant aunt. By John S. Friedman and Kathleen Friedman Apr 3, 2018 2:07 pm
News The Mysterious Journey of an Erotic Masterpiece Femme nue couchée, one of several Courbets owned by the Hungarian Jewish collector Baron Ferenc Hatvany, disappeared after World War II from a Budapest bank vault. The painting resurfaced 50 years… By Konstantin Akinsha Feb 1, 2008 12:00 am
News Descendant of the Pharaohs Zahi Hawass, the head of Egypt's antiquities council, is mounting a campaign to repatriate artistic icons from museums around the world. By Sylvia Hochfield May 1, 2006 12:00 am
RobbReport This Swiss Mountaintop Villa Is Filled With Beautiful Stone That Mirrors Its Natural Surroundings